Singing Jeremiah: Music and Meaning in Holy Week

A defining moment in Catholic life in early modern Europe, Holy Week brought together the faithful to commemorate the passion, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this study of ritual and music, Robert L. Kendrick investigates the impact of the music used during the Paschal Triduum on European cultures during the mid-16th century, when devotional trends surrounding liturgical music were established; through the 17th century, which saw the diffusion of the repertory at the height of the Catholic Reformation; and finally into the early 18th century, when a change in aesthetics led to an eventual decline of its importance. By considering such issues as stylistic traditions, trends in scriptural exegesis, performance space, and customs of meditation and expression, Kendrick enables us to imagine the music in the places where it was performed.

Author: Robert L. Kendrick
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 05/05/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.45h x 6.45w x 1.09d
ISBN: 9780253011565

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2014 pg. 621

About the Author

Robert L. Kendrick is Professor of Music at the University of Chicago. He is author of Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Music in Early Modern Milan and The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650.